{{Short description|American artist and filmmaker}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox artist | name = Elizabeth Withstandley | image = File:Elizabeth Withstandley.jpg | caption = | birth_date = |alma_mater = Pratt Institute | field = photography, video, film installation,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Withstandley's "You Can Not Be Replaced" is a fitting goodbye for Dimensions Variable|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/elizabeth-withstandleys-you-can-not-be-replaced-is-a-fitting-goodbye-for-dimensions-variable-7862518|website=Miami New Times|accessdate=1 March 2016}}</ref> | website = http://www.withstandley.com }}
'''Elizabeth Withstandley''' is an American visual artist and filmmaker from Cape Cod, Massachusetts who lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work is multidisciplinary including photography,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mount Miami|url=https://www.katzfreiman.com/exhibitions/mount-miami-american-artists-in-tel-aviv/|website=Mount Miami Exhibition|publisher=Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios|accessdate=1 March 2016}}</ref> film,<ref>{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Withstandley|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1556159/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|website=IMDB}}</ref> video and installation art. She is one of the co-founders of Locust Projects<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/My-Miami-Elizabeth-Withstandley/31312 |title=My Miami: Elizabeth Withstandley |publisher=The Art Newspaper |date=December 7, 2013 |accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> a not-for-profit art space in Miami, Florida and Prospect Art in Los Angeles, CA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff and Board |url=https://www.prospectart.org/board-of-directors |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Prospect Art |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Background == Her work has been shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art<ref>{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Withstandley|url=http://mocanomi.org/2013/06/elizabeth-withstandley/|website=MOCA|date=June 27, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> in North Miami, Florida; The Moore Space, Miami, Florida;<ref>{{cite web|title=Humid|url=http://www.themoorespace.org/oldmoorespace/humid/withstandleyb.html|website=The Moore Space}}</ref> Winslow Garage, Los Angeles; <ref>{{cite web|title=The Accident|url=http://winslowgarage.com/Winslow_Garage/withstandley.html|website=Winslow Garage|accessdate=1 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214745/http://www.winslowgarage.com/Winslow_Garage/withstandley.html|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Torrance Art Museum; <ref>{{cite web|title=From Far Away Across The Universe|url=http://www.torranceartmuseum.com/from-far-away-across-the-universe-channel|website=Torrance Art Museum}}</ref> Dimensions Variable Miami, Florida and Antenna Gallery in New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GETAWAY {{!}} Antenna |url=https://www.antenna.works/getaway/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Her work explores individuality and identity. Her work "You Can Not Be Replaced" is a two-channel video installation that shows all 82 current and former members of The Polyphonic Spree and asks the viewer to question the idea of individualism. The idea of individualism and identity are common themes throughout her work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Displacement of Dimensions Variable gallery will test Miami Worldcenter's commitment to art|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article36621375.html|website=Miami Herald|date=2015-09-25|access-date=2026-02-25|last=Morrissey|first=Siobhan}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> She organized the exhibition Smoke & Mirrors at the Torrance Art Museum with the artist Gioj De Marco in 2018. Thirteen artists were included in the exhibition exploring the line in between fact and fiction. Withstandley presented The Real Brian Wilson,<ref>{{Citation|last=Withstandley|first=Elizabeth|title=The Real Brian Wilson|date=2018-01-20|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6083998/|others=David Eastman, Desmond Eastwood, Phil Eng|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref> a two-channel HD projection with digital artifacts in the exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldpublications.com/herald/sites/default/files/publications/torrance/Torrance_020118_FNL_lorez/index.html|title=New Exhibits Smoke and Mirrors and Solar Flare at Torrance Art Museum|website=Torrance Tribune|language=en|access-date=2026-02-25|date=2018-02-01|last=Ferren|first=TerriAnn}}</ref> "The Symphony of Names: No Man is an Island" is a video installation with ten-channel audio that was included in In-Sonora 11 in Madrid, Spain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IN-SONORA 11 |url=https://in-sonora.org/festival/in-sonora-11/ |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=In-Sonora |language=es-ES}}</ref> Her three-channel video installation "Searching for the Miraculous" was included in exhibitions at the AC Institute and The Curfew Tower in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.acinstitute.org/elizabeth-withstandl | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205010033/https://www.acinstitute.org/elizabeth-withstandl | url-status=usurped | archive-date=February 5, 2020 | title=Elizabeth Withstandley |website=AC Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.visartscenter.org/event/elizabeth-withstandly/ | title=Elizabeth Withstandley: Searching for the Miraculous }}</ref> Her works "The Real Brian Wilson" and "The Symphony of Names: No Man is an Island" are featured in a traveling exhibition called To Be Named organized by the Smithsonian's Recovering Voices Program and Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network at Bard.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://to-be-named.org/home/|title=Elizabeth Withstandley: To Be Named }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=February 2026}}
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== External links == * {{official website|http://www.withstandley.com}}
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